The limitations of electronic and optical interconnects inside a semiconductor chip could be overcome by the used of plasmonic-polaritonic interconnects whereby information is carried by surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves guided by planar metal/dielectric interface. Investigating the propagation of a pulse-modulated carrier SPP wave when the metal is either abruptly terminated or bent and the dielectric material is air, we have found that SPP-wave-based interconnects can be effective conduits of information.

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Rajan Agrahari, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Pradip Kumar Jain, "Transfer of information using surface-plasmon-polariton waves," Proc. SPIE 10924, Optical Interconnects XIX, 109240R (Presented at SPIE OPTO: February 06, 2019; Published: 4 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506456.